Question

HURRY PLS ! Read this quote from Walter Rauschenbusch.

“The preventable decimation of the people is social murder.”

Rauschenbusch believed that :
A. many less fortunate people became ill and died unnecessarily.
B. a preventable disease was wiping out large segments of the population.
C. the death rate of the less fortunate was about the same as other economic groups.
D. immigrants likely became ill after being exposed to new diseases in America.

Answer 1

many less fortunate people became ill and died unnecessarily.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A.

Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918) was American theologian, professor and pastor in the Baptist church. He is known for his key role in the Social Gospel and 'Single Tax' movements.

The Social Gospel was a movement that applied Christian ethics to deal with social issues, mainly related to topics of social justice, such as income inequalities, labor issues, criminality, poverty, racial conflicts, slums, etc. In order to be sucessful, first is necessary to identify the problems and its causes, in this case the existence of bad living conditions and unnecessary deaths among the humblest sectors of the population.